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PRESS WEATHER NO. 136 - HOURLY READINGS
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HOURLY READINGS


 
AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 1. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.


 
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN MAY AFFECT HONG KONG SHORTLY. MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: RAIN WAS PARTICULARLY
HEAVY IN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT AND TAI PO DISTRICT, WITH ABOUT
70 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL RECORDED IN THE PAST 1 HOUR
ENDING AT 9:55 A.M. AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

THOUGH RAINSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED, PEOPLE SHOULD
STAY ALERT TO THE DANGER THAT MAY BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY RIVER
FLOODING.

INTENSE GUSTS REACHING 80 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY
AFFECT HONG KONG. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SHOULD SEEK SAFE
SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.


 
PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:


 
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1:00 P.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.


 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:


 
KING'S PARK                 // DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG 28 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING 26 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN 27 DEGREES;
TAI PO 26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN // DEGREES;
TUEN MUN 27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O 28 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG 27 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU // DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK 29 DEGREES;
TSING YI 28 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG 28 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON 27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY 27 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK 28 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN 28 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY 27 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY 29 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN 28 DEGREES;
STANLEY 29 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG 29 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO 28 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK 29 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK 27 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK 25 DEGREES.


 
BETWEEN 10:45 AND 11:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, NEW TERRITORIES WEST, HONG KONG AND
KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:


 

 
TAI PO 1 TO 26 MM;
SAI KUNG 0 TO 11 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT 1 TO 8 MM;
YUEN LONG 0 TO 7 MM;
TSUEN WAN 0 TO 3 MM;
KOWLOON CITY 0 TO 3 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT 0 TO 2 MM;
WONG TAI SIN 2 MM;
KWUN TONG 1 TO 2 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT 0 TO 1 MM;
SHA TIN 0 TO 1 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT 0 TO 1 MM;
WAN CHAI 0 TO 1 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG 1 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO 0 TO 1 MM.


 
21.2 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND MIDDAY TODAY.


DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:15 HKT ON 08.06.2020

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